Our next President will be John Palfrey
@jpalfrey
, educator, author, legal scholar, and innovator with experience making social change: cc:
@phillipsacademy
Thank you to the
@phillipsacademy
community for everything. Though I went to a different high school, I have gotten an amazing Andover education and have so loved the time with students, families, alumni, faculty, and staff.
Following 7 years as Head of School,
@jpalfrey
will conclude his successful tenure this summer to become President of the MacArthur Foundation
@macfound
. Thank you, John, for your visionary leadership!
Sending out GRATITUDE to all those first responders, esp the Andover Fire Department, keeping us safe tonight in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts amid dozens of fires
@phillipsacademy
I am grateful to Peter Currie, Amy Falls, Joe Bae, and all the trustees for creating a new endowed financial aid program at Andover, the only need-blind school of our kind: the Palfrey Scholars.
What a brilliant (in many senses) appointment
@phillipsacademy
: Raynard Kington, President of Grinnell College, will become the 16th Head of School at Andover. Congrats!
Sending gratitude today to
@ewarren
for the race she ran. She was an amazing contracts professor when I was a 1L law student and an amazing mentor as a young faculty member in need of just her trademark brand of "tough love." And an amazing U.S. Senator for MA. Thank you, ew!
I woke up this morning feeling grateful to all those health care providers who were not able to "work from home" but rather are putting themselves in harm's way to keep us all safe. My parents, Sean Palfrey and Judy Palfrey have done this for every day of their working lives of
A huge local news win... and another reason Chicago--and all of Illinois--is poised to be America's News Oasis. Congratulations to all who worked toward this important policy win.
Another big win for local news! Illinois approves providing newsrooms up to $15,000 per current local reporter & $25,000 per new hire via tax credits. For-profits, nonprofits, print, digital, b’cast. $25 million total over 5 years.
We are delighted to announce three new Board members
@macfound
: Amy C. Falls, William F. Lee, and Alondra Nelson. Welcome, new colleagues and congratulations!
@alondra
Very powerful to hear passionate, eloquent voices of high school students today calling for gun control & other steps to reduce school violence. Lawmakers need to listen too and then act to protect kids and adults when they go to school (and all in our country). It is past time.
I've been working on a book with my friend
@eszter
about older adults and their use of new technologies. We got work from our publisher at U Chicago Press that it is a "go" for Spring 2025 publication--entitled "Wired Wisdom: How to Age Better Online".
@UChicagoPress
Oh my! Look what those clever seniors who have been decorating our front door all year brought! Must be about time... (But why the RED heart? I like the blue ones better.) 💙💙💙
#HOSD2019
#Sen19rs
#TheGiftOfTime
#Andover
Can't shake the idea tonight that, for all our talk & work on diversity/equity/inclusion, our "viable" major party candidates for US President in 2020 are straight white men in their 70s. (Yes, with important differences of view.) (Yes, says the straight white man in his 40s.)
I am so excited for the Knight Foundation's coming years with Frank Borges teamed up with Alberto Ibarguen and an exceptional staff. What a privilege to be a part of the work with this group.
@knightfdn
@ibarguen
Congratulations to the winners of the USA Mathematics Olympiad, two of the 12 of whom are recent
@phillipsacademy
graduates: Michael Ren '18 (top rank,
#1
in the nation) and Guanpeng Xu '17 -- astonishing!
Biggest cheer of the night from Bulls fans: when Portland Trail Blazers C Moses Brown (
#4
) missed 2 free throws in a row, meaning free hotdogs from Portillos for everyone who went to the game -- thx
@portilloshotdog
!!!
PA students: swing by Phelps House afternoon this afternoon, Sunday, from 4 pm to 5 pm for a DEVICE-FREE study break. Toss a football or a frisbee and engage in other wholesome games that do not involve digital technologies! Also, cider & snacks. See you then.
@phillipsacademy
Fair critique from Vincent Robinson in
@philanthropy
. Important to keep working hard to make progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion in all foundations, including
@macfound
@knightfdn
"The MacArthur Foundation had an opportunity to break with philanthropy’s elitist origins when it selected its new president. Instead, it doubled down on pedigree."
Sending gratitude to the former student who sent this shell today to my new office and all well-wishers from
@phillipsacademy
and new colleagues from macfound as a new journey begins! @ MacArthur Foundation
So psyched to have
@morningmika
and
@joeNBC
of
@Morning_Joe
on campus
@phillipsacademy
this evening to discuss the Camp David Accords @ 40 -- as well as truth, media, democracy in this age we live in, no doubt ... (students/faculty, see you at 6:30 pm, Title IX room).
I never knew where the idea of Left and Right came from in politics. Piketty has the answer on p. 738 of "Capital and Ideology": a reference to left and right sides of the chamber during the French Revolution. (Probably should have known that before now...)
@PikettyLeMonde
Definitely supportive of proposals to extend college athletes' eligibility so their competitive sports careers do not end with a canceled season (well, for those who don't go pro). Hard to see the downside given that they would be learning more. Heart goes out to those seniors.
"It's not geography that creates justice. People create justice. Communities create justice."
@HabenGirma
speaking at All School Meeting
@phillipsacademy
about disability rights and her journey becoming first deaf-blind person to graduate from
@Harvard_Law
Thanks to Coach Belichick '71, classmate Ernie Adams '71, Buzz Bissinger '72, and author
@NoraPrinciotti
'12 for this wonderful story about Andover in 1970.
@BostonGlobe
Looking back on the undefeated 1970
@AndoverAthlete
football team with
@Patriots
' Bill Belichick '71 & Ernie Adams '71, Buzz Bissinger '72, + several teammates. Reporting by
@NoraPrinciotti
'12. Go Big Blue!
In a touching tribute to Mr. Palfrey, students share their memories, stories & gratitude to our 15th Head of School. The surprise video was unveiled during Mr. Palfrey's last ASM. Thank you,
@jpalfrey
. You will be missed.
#NonSibi
#Andoverforlife
"the three pillars of disease control: Ramp up testing to identify people who are infected. Find everyone they interact with by deploying contact tracing ... and focus restrictions more narrowly on the infected and their contacts"
"The system is Bluetooth-only, fully opt-in, collects no location data from users and no data at all from anyone without a positive Covid-19 diagnosis. Apple and Google chose perhaps the most privacy-friendly of the many different schemes ..." via
@wired